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The Yes Men in 2009 handing out spoof editions of the ‘New York Post’ with the lead story ‘We’re Screwed’ outlining how “climate change is threatening the lives of New Yorkers — especially those who take the subway to work.”
Still from the documentary by Laura Nix and the Yes Men
January 15, 2019

The Brazilian president used WhatsApp and other social media to smear his opponents and sow division in the electorate.

Based in Québec, Porte Parole led by Annabel Soutar has toured and run several documentary theatre shows. Pictured here, ‘The Watershed,’ a docudrama about the politics of water in Canada.
Porte Parole
January 3, 2019

Despite their derision, media outlets such as the Canary and Breitbart, still source much of their information from the mainstream press.

New research shows that more and more of our public conversation is unfolding within a dwindling coterie of sites that are controlled by a small few, largely unregulated and geared primarily to profit rather than public interest.
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October 15, 2018